Karla Thornton

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Karla Thornton is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Karla Thornton has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Hepatology, 22 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Karla Thornton's work include Hepatitis C virus research (29 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (17 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers). Karla Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (29 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (17 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers). Karla Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Australia. Karla Thornton's co-authors include Sanjeev Arora, Summers Kalishman, Miriam Komaromy, Brooke Parish, Paulina Deming, Glen H. Murata, Denise Dion, Steven M. Jenkusky, Joanna G. Katzman and John Seely Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Karla Thornton

38 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Outcomes of Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Primary Care Providers

2011 789 citations Sanjeev Arora, Karla Thornton et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karla Thornton United States	14	843	831	631	589	217	41	2.2k
Denise Dion United States	6	607 0.7×	573 0.7×	421 0.7×	440 0.7×	117 0.5×	10	1.6k
Paulina Deming United States	9	498 0.6×	593 0.7×	346 0.5×	507 0.9×	179 0.8×	26	1.5k
Summers Kalishman United States	27	1.3k 1.6×	787 0.9×	1.6k 2.5×	473 0.8×	154 0.7×	73	3.5k
Brooke Parish United States	5	471 0.6×	523 0.6×	302 0.5×	436 0.7×	102 0.5×	5	1.3k
Joanna G. Katzman United States	18	573 0.7×	313 0.4×	583 0.9×	120 0.2×	115 0.5×	47	1.4k
Emmanuel Rüsch France	22	307 0.4×	486 0.6×	324 0.5×	143 0.2×	183 0.8×	78	2.0k
Christian Krauth Germany	20	464 0.6×	273 0.3×	313 0.5×	202 0.3×	152 0.7×	144	1.6k
Hassen Ghannem Tunisia	19	275 0.3×	231 0.3×	442 0.7×	76 0.1×	207 1.0×	129	1.5k
Amresh Hanchate United States	29	784 0.9×	556 0.7×	376 0.6×	63 0.1×	57 0.3×	116	2.2k
Raj B United Kingdom	21	402 0.5×	295 0.4×	442 0.7×	156 0.3×	34 0.2×	58	1.7k

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Sheehan, Yumi, Akhil Garg, Frederick L. Altice, et al.. (2025). Best practice guidelines for viral hepatitis service delivery in prisons. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 1 indexed citations

Thornton, Karla, Paulina Deming, Laura E. Tomedi, et al.. (2024). Expanding Hepatitis C Virus Treatment in the New Mexico State Prison System: Using the ECHO Model for Provider and Prison Peer Education. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 31(11). 720–728.

Wagner, Katherine, et al.. (2023). Cascade of Care for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Young Adults Who Inject Drugs in a Rural County in New Mexico. Public Health Reports. 138(6). 936–943. 7 indexed citations

Corcorran, Maria A., Karla Thornton, Bruce Struminger, Philippa Easterbrook, & John D. Scott. (2023). Training the healthcare workforce: the global experience with telementorship for hepatitis B and hepatitis C. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 824–824. 7 indexed citations

Sharvadze, Lali, Akaki Abutidze, Nikoloz Chkhartishvili, et al.. (2022). Treatment of hepatitis C in primary health care in the country of Georgia. Clinical Liver Disease. 20(5). 175–178. 3 indexed citations

Katzman, Joanna G., Karla Thornton, Néstor Sosa, et al.. (2021). Educating health professionals about COVID-19 with ECHO telementoring. American Journal of Infection Control. 50(3). 283–288. 8 indexed citations

Wagner, Katherine, Yuna Zhong, Eyasu H. Teshale, et al.. (2021). Hepatitis C virus infection and polysubstance use among young adult people who inject drugs in a rural county of New Mexico. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 220. 108527–108527. 14 indexed citations

Tsertsvadze, Tengiz, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Nikoloz Chkhartishvili, et al.. (2020). Progress towards achieving hepatitis C elimination in the country of Georgia, April 2015-October 2019. Journal of Hepatology. 73. S34–S34. 1 indexed citations

Qeadan, Fares, et al.. (2019). <p>Project ECHO Revisited: Propensity Score Analysis And HCV Treatment Outcomes</p>. PubMed. Volume 11. 149–152. 7 indexed citations

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Thornton, Karla, et al.. (2018). The New Mexico Peer Education Project: Filling a Critical Gap in HCV Prison Education. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 29(4). 1544–1557. 25 indexed citations

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Arora, Sanjeev, Summers Kalishman, Karla Thornton, et al.. (2017). Project ECHO. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 37(4). 239–244. 94 indexed citations

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Arora, Sanjeev, Summers Kalishman, Karla Thornton, et al.. (2016). Project ECHO (Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes): A National and Global Model for Continuing Professional Development. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 36(1). S48–S49. 65 indexed citations

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Thornton, Karla, Paulina Deming, Richard Manch, et al.. (2016). Is response guided therapy dead? Low cure rates in patients with detectable hepatitis C virus at week 4 of treatment. Hepatology International. 10(4). 624–631. 8 indexed citations

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Pindyck, Talia, et al.. (2015). Treating hepatitis C in American Indians/Alaskan Natives: A survey of Project ECHO^® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) utilization by Indian Health Service providers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 2102684805–2102684805. 13 indexed citations

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Mitruka, Kiren, Karla Thornton, Richard Manch, et al.. (2014). Expanding primary care capacity to treat hepatitis C virus infection through an evidence-based care model--Arizona and Utah, 2012-2014.. UNM’s Digital Repository (University of New Mexico). 63(18). 393–8. 48 indexed citations

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Arora, Sanjeev, Karla Thornton, Miriam Komaromy, et al.. (2013). Demonopolizing Medical Knowledge. Academic Medicine. 89(1). 30–32. 101 indexed citations

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Arora, Sanjeev, Karla Thornton, & Andrea Bradford. (2012). Access to care: Management of hepatitis C viral infection in remote locations. Clinical Liver Disease. 1(3). 87–90. 3 indexed citations

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Arora, Sanjeev, Karla Thornton, Glen H. Murata, et al.. (2011). Outcomes of Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Primary Care Providers. New England Journal of Medicine. 364(23). 2199–2207. 789 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arora, Sanjeev, Summers Kalishman, Denise Dion, et al.. (2011). Partnering Urban Academic Medical Centers And Rural Primary Care Clinicians To Provide Complex Chronic Disease Care. Health Affairs. 30(6). 1176–1184. 216 indexed citations

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Arora, Sanjeev, Karla Thornton, Steven M. Jenkusky, Brooke Parish, & Joseph V. Scaletti. (2007). Project ECHO: Linking University Specialists with Rural and Prison-Based Clinicians to Improve Care for People with Chronic Hepatitis C in New Mexico. Public Health Reports. 122(2_suppl). 74–77. 154 indexed citations

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